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Pebak; Scortechini 140! 519! Kunstler 1096! Penang ; Midley ! 

 Curtis 1291 ! JoHORE; King and Hullett ! 



Very nearly related to B. ferruginea, B. Hullettii, B. Grifithiana, and like these 

 species with petals densely pubescent outside ; it is, however, easily recognised by 

 its douse corymbs and by its short petals, not at all exserted. 



12. Bauhinia glauca Wall. Cat. 5785. A spreading climber with 

 glabrous slender branchlets ; tendrils numerous circinate rusty-puberu- 

 lous. Leaves cordate at base, bifid to the middle with obtuse lobes and a 

 d arrow sinus; firm, thinly coriaceous, rather broader than long, 2-3 in. 

 across, glabrous above, thinly persistently adpressed rusty-pubescent 

 especially on the nerves beneath ; nerves 9-11 ; petiole •75-l"25 in. long, 

 stipules linear-subulate 2 in. long. Flowers in copious, dense, peduncled 

 or very rarely subsessile, leaf-opposed and terminal corymbs, the pedun- 

 cles sparsely rusty often 1-2 in. long, lower pedicels "5-* 75 in. long 

 sparsely rusty, bracts and bracteoles linear-subulate, *15-'2 in. long ; 

 buds clove-shaped '65 in. long, the ovoid head one-half shorter than the 

 ridged cylindric base. Calyx glabrous, limb splitting into subequal ovate- 

 acute lobes "25 in. long, tube 4 in. long, puberulous within. Petals 5 

 subequal, cream-coloured, oblong very long-clawed, wavy at the margin, 

 •75 in. long, sparsely pubescent externally. Stamens 3 fertile, anthers 

 short-oblong, filaments white uniform glabrous, '9 in. long, exceeding 

 the petals, declinate. Ovary glabrous with a distinct slender stalk and 

 a stoutish style, "15 in. long, slightly incurved; stigma small ; ovules 

 about 20. Pol thin glabrous, flat, 6-8 in. long, l*5-2"5 in. across, stipe 

 •25-'3 in. long. Seeds 15-20 in a line down the centre of the pod, much 

 compressed, oval, '5 in. long, *3in. wide. Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 282. 

 Phauera glauca Benth. PI. Jungh. 265 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 68, t. 2 A. 



Perak ; Scortechini 219! Wray 3332! Penang ; fide Baker. Drs- 

 trib. Indo-China ; China; Malayan Archipelago. 



The pods are like those of B. diphylla but smaller and with shorter stipe. Its 

 nearest allies are the Chinese B. corymbosa with similar but smaller leaves and with 

 similar flowers but with narrow pods, and the Assam B. tenuiflora with similar pods 

 but with less deeply bifid leaves and with a much longer calyx-tube. Mr. Baker has 

 seen a variety from Singapore with smaller leaves (var. jparvifelia} ; this has not 

 yet been sent to Calcutta. 



13. Baohinia cornifolia Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 278. A very 

 large slender creeper 100-150 feet long, stems 2-3 in. in diam., branches 

 slender, thinly rusty-downy, tendrils few circinate downy. Leaves very 

 slightly cordate at base, narrowed gradually to an obtuse or subacute 

 entire or rarely bifid point, half as long again as broad, 25-3'5 in. Jong, 

 1*5-2-5 in. across, rather rigidly subcoriaceous, dark-green and glabrous 

 above, thinly adpressed brown-silky beneath; 7- (rarely 5-) nerved; 

 petiole 1 in. long, puberulous, slightly thickened at both ends. Floivers 



